Transit tech unicorn Via Transportation (VIA) is slated to begin trading on Friday, featuring a rare but notable underwriter.
Allen & Company is listed third on Via’s IPO prospectus, working alongside Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley on the company’s imminent listing. The elite boutique investment bank makes relatively rare appearances in the IPO market – working on just three other IPOs in the past three years – but has long been associated with strong performances, from an exclusive client list of disruptive tech issuers.
Founded in 1924 and based in New York, the investment bank keeps a low profile (it does not maintain a website) but nonetheless has appeared on some of the largest and most notable IPOs of the modern era, including Google (2004), LinkedIn (2011), Facebook (2012)...
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